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Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/22/511609/fewer-texans-sentenced-to-death-executed-amid-evolving-standards-of-decency/

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An execution date was set for a Brazoria County man convicted of brutally stomping his infant son to death in 2011.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/05/23/488440/death-date-set-for-brazoria-county-man-convicted-of-brutally-murdering-3-month-old-son/

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Texas once again led the nation in executions in 2023. A large proportion of the prisoners put to death suffered from some form of mental illness or cognitive disability.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/12/14/472123/texas-leads-u-s-in-executions-in-2023-report-finds/

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